We know you’ve seen them: those beautiful sourdough bread loaves popping up all over Instagram. And this is a trend Alex and I can absolutely get behind! Baking sourdough bread is not just a satisfying life skill. It makes bread that’s loads cheaper, a little healthier, and a lot tastier than store-bought bread. But honestly: we mostly do it for the satisfaction. There’s nothing cooler than pulling a loaf out of the oven, with that intoxicating aroma, and knowing that you made it yourself. Aside from being passionate sourdough bread bakers, Alex and I want to pass on the art. It took us 2 years to perfect the craft of baking sourdough bread. So we wanted to find a way to simplify it so that everyone could do it—not just super motivated sourdough nerds like us! Here’s everything you need to know about sourdough to get started. We think (hope) that it’s just the right amount of information and motivation to start your baking career. “Your steps are so helpful. I’ve tried to make sourdough through the years and it’s never worked…until now! Your directions combined with video helped things click.” -Claire Ready to get started?
Sourdough Bread Beginner Guide: Table of Contents
For more: Our book club read this novel called Sourdough: it’s fun if you like both fiction and baking! -Tools list: There’s list of tools you’ll need, including links to get them if you don’t have them already. -Video: Because the bread shaping process is very tactile, the best way to teach it is to actually show you. We included a step-by-step video of Alex showing you the entire process of a real sourdough bread loaf being baked in our kitchen. -Printable Checklist: Because there are a fair amount of steps to sourdough bread, Alex created a checklist so you can check off each step as you do it! He uses it to this day every time he makes a loaf. Buy a starter: You can buy a starter online here. We’ve tested this one to make a sourdough loaf and it worked well. Make a starter: Why not make a starter at home? It’s simple and requires very little hands on time. Wait for 5 days, and you’ll have grown your own starter—out of thin air! Luckily, feeding and maintaining sourdough starter is quite simple. In order to have bread on the regular, you have to learn to feed sourdough starter to keep it happy and healthy. Here’s how to feed sourdough starter, including how to tell if sourdough starter has gone bad.
More bread recipes
Love to bake? Here are some of our favorite bread recipes, from yeast breads to quick breads to focaccia to pita.
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